Building Capacity in Institutional Research and Decision Support in Higher Education

Part I. The Context for IR and Decision Support in Today’s Higher Education

1. Institutional Research and Decision Support in Higher Education: Considerations for Today and for Tomorrow
Karen L. Webber

2. The Impact of Global Forces in Higher Education on the Development of Institutional Research
Jan Botha

3. Conceptual Models for IR and Organizational Intelligence
William E. Knight

4. The Need for and Value of Scholarship in Institutional Research
Victor M. H. Borden

5. The Need for and Value of Data Governance
Kelly Briner, John Rome

6. Let Me Paint You a Picture: Utilizing Visualizations to Make Data More Accessible
Brent M. Drake, Ian Pytlarz, Monal Patel

7. Uses and Misuses of Data
Charles Mathies

8. The Finance Conundrum for Higher Education
Nicholas Hillman, Adam Kindschy

Part II. IR and Decision Support Around the World

9. Professional Development for the Institutional Research (IR) Professional: Institutional Research and Decision Support in the United States and Canada
Sandra Bramblett, Michelle Broderick

10. A Focus on IR and Decision Support in the UK, Ireland, Germany, and The Netherlands
James Williams, David Kane

11. Professional Development for IR Professionals: Focus on Latin America
María Pita Carranza

12. Building Capacity for Planning and Institutional Research – A View from Down Under
Angel J. Calderon

13. Building Capacity in Institutional Research in South Africa
Yuraisha Chetty, Nicole Muller

14. Professional Development for IR Professionals: Middle East and North Africa
Gina Cinali

15. Professional Development for IR Professionals: Focus on IR and Decision Support in Asia (China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan)
Ching-Hui Lin, Yuan-Chih Fu, Jang Wan Ko

Part III. Advancing IR and Decision Support

16. The Future of IR and Decision Support: Ensuring a Seat at the Table
Karen L. Webber

Avainsanat: Education, Higher Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Research Methods in Education